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Originally Posted by sharkbit
Nice find! 
I scanned thru some of the different reports.
The one concerning the USS Tang is pretty chilling. It gives quite a bit of detail about the attempted escape by the crew from the forward torpedo room after she sank. |
What a tragic way to go. 13 ships sunk for 107,324 tons on that patrol and that circular running torpedo had to ruin everything. It's strange how things work out in life.
Another fact of total war:
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When the nine survivors were picked up by a destroyer escort, there were victims of Tang's previous sinkings on board, and they inflicted tortures on the men from Tang. With great humanity, O'Kane states, "When we realized that our clubbings and kickings were being administered by the burned, mutilated survivors of our own handiwork, we found we could take it with less prejudice."
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